Country: Italy
Year: 1996
Duration: 12'
On February 18, 1988, Pietro De Negri, owner of a canine grooming shop in Rome, went under the influence of cocaine and "freed" himself from the abuse that he had been forced to suffer for years from an exboxer. He tortured him for hours and then killed him. He was immediately sent to jail, but was granted his freedom after several months because he was judged incompetent to understand what he was doing and exercise his judgement at the time he committed the crime. As he was leaving prison, he came across a journalist who offered him a ride home. While he was riding with her, he relived those hours of insanity and told his story exactly like it was told to the police in the interrogation after the crime. The crudeness of the article coming out of this conversation helped to reopen the case....
Biography
film director
Isabella Leoni
Isabella Leoni (Rome, 1964) received a degree in documentary direction at the Rome Experimental Film Center. Her short film Sotto l'argine was screened in the Italian Space Competition at the Turin Film Festival last season. Sotto l'argine. Parole sospese won the Golden Sacher for the best actress, Patrizia Valente.
FILMOGRAFIA
Bastardo acustico (1994), L'antro della Sibilla (1995), Sotto l'argine (1996), Ratatuje (1996), La comunità terapeutica R. Gledhil (1996), Parole sospese (1996), Senza badar alle stelle (1996), Angeli con la coda (1997), Centro Ricerche Casaccia (1997).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e scenografia: Isabella Leoni.
Screenplay: Deborah Belford De Furia.
Director of photography: Bruno Di Virgilio.
Editor: Letizia Caudullo.
Music: Roberto Cervi, Mario laquone.
Sound: Lilio Rosato.
Cast: Salvatore Mortelliti, Rosa Pianeta, Fausto Lombardi.
Production company: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, via Tuscolana 1524, 00173 Roma, tel. +3906-722941, fax +39-067211619.
Screenplay: Deborah Belford De Furia.
Director of photography: Bruno Di Virgilio.
Editor: Letizia Caudullo.
Music: Roberto Cervi, Mario laquone.
Sound: Lilio Rosato.
Cast: Salvatore Mortelliti, Rosa Pianeta, Fausto Lombardi.
Production company: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, via Tuscolana 1524, 00173 Roma, tel. +3906-722941, fax +39-067211619.